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Old Democrat Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198165
MRDS ID M241597
MAS/MILS ID 0320170177
Record type Site
Current site name Old Democrat Mine
Alternate or previous names Caliente Cobalt Mining Co, Old Democrat Claim, Advance Claim, Gold Stake Claim
Related records 10046437

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.52444, 37.69187 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 067 E 18 NWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.52444, 37.69187
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Chief District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Caliente Cobalt Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1936

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 26, 1936, P. 18-26;

  • Deposit

    FIG. 2.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 29, P. 169

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 73.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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